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Subject Directories

A subject directory, or subject list, is a hierarchical subject tree which organizes Web documents. Web sites are assigned to a subject category such as "Entertainment," "Health," " Science," etc. These are organized by humans. Directories find fewer and often more relevant sites. 

Google Directory - www.google.com/dirhp 
"The web organized by topic into categories."  This directory includes about 1.5 million sites which are selected by thousands of volunteer editors, not by Google staff.

INFOMINE  - infomine.ucr.edu 
A virtual library of Internet resources relevant to faculty and students at the university level. This directory  is librarian built and includes about 100,000 scholarly Internet sites.

Librarians' Index to the Internet - www.lii.org 
”Web Sites You Can Trust.”  This directory was developed by librarians and contains over 20,000 sites.  

Yahoo! - dir.yahoo.com 
One of the first subject directories, Yahoo! consists of over 2 million submitted web pages.  


For a more detailed explanation of different search engines and directories with search tips, visit the:  InfoPeople Search Tools Chart

Most recent revision: December 5, 2007